Excel 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies [Paperback]

Greg Harvey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0470037385 | ISBN-13: 978-0470037386 | Edition: 1

Master the Ribbon, powerful graphics capabilities, and more!

Your one-stop guide to great-looking spreadsheets that actually mean something

Create colorful spreadsheets and charts, use Live Preview, and maximize everything Excel 2007 has to offer! Find just what you need to know about using the new Ribbon, designing spreadsheets that communicate, editing and printing them, working with formulas, protecting your data when you collaborate, turning out cool charts, and much more. The included four-color insert highlights the Ribbon, new graphics features, and more!

Discover how to

• Create dynamic spreadsheets with style galleries
• Work with more than 40 new cell styles
• Automate formatting with Live Preview
• Share Excel data with other programs
• Use VBA to write custom Excel functions

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Master the Ribbon, powerful graphics capabilities, and more!

Your one-stop guide to great-looking spreadsheets that actually mean something

Create colorful spreadsheets and charts, use Live Preview, and maximize everything Excel 2007 has to offer! Find just what you need to know about using the new Ribbon, designing spreadsheets that communicate, editing and printing them, working with formulas, protecting your data when you collaborate, turning out cool charts, and much more. The included four-color insert highlights the Ribbon, new graphics features, and more!

Discover how to

• Create dynamic spreadsheets with style galleries
• Work with more than 40 new cell styles
• Automate formatting with Live Preview
• Share Excel data with other programs
• Use VBA to write custom Excel functions

About the Author

Greg Harvey has authored tons of computer books, the most recent being Excel 2007 For Dummies, Windows Vista For Dummies Quick Reference, and Excel Workbook For Dummies. He started out training business users on how to use IBM personal computers and their attendant computer software in the rough-and-tumble days of DOS, WordStar, and Lotus 1-2-3 in the mid-80s of the last century. After working for a number of independent training firms, he went on to teaching semester-long courses in spreadsheet and database management software at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
His love of teaching has translated into an equal love of writing. For Dummies books are, of course, his all-time favorites to write because they enable him to write to his favorite audience, the beginner. They also enable him to use humor (a key element to success in the training room) and, most delightful of all, to express an opinion or two about the subject matter at hand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 824 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470037385
• ISBN-13: 978-0470037386
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Computers & Technology > Software

More About the Author

Greg Harvey has authored tons of computer books, the most recent being Excel Timesaving Techniques For Dummies and Roxio Easy Media Creator For Dummies, and the most popular being Excel 2003 For Dummies and Excel 2003 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies. He started out training business users on how to use IBM personal computers and their attendant computer software in the rough and tumble days of DOS, WordStar, and Lotus 1-2-3 in the mid-80s of the last century. After working for a number of independent training firms, he went on to teach semester-long courses in spreadsheet and database management software at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
His love of teaching has translated into an equal love of writing. For Dummies books are, of course, his all-time favorites to write because they enable him to write to his favorite audience, the beginner. They also enable him to use humor (a key element to success in the training room) and, most delightful of all, to express an opinion or two about the subject matter at hand.
Greg received his doctorate degree in Humanities in Philosophy and Religion with a concentration in Asian Studies and Comparative Religion last May. Everyone is glad that Greg was finally able to get out of school before he retired.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excel 2007 for Dummies, May 14, 2008

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Great! Saved us unkown hours of headache. Probably not needed for the real pros, but then it is designed for us dummies and does as advertised.

If you are not up on the latest Escel don't try to figure it out without this book or one like it.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than I'll use!, June 9, 2009

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I needed reminders for my fairly minimal use. Phew! 738 pages of info Plus the helpful 39 page index! I'm quickly finding my needed bits and pieces. There is more there than I'll ever need or use. I highly reccommend!

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, and I am no dummy, October 13, 2007

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I know everything about Excel, except Formulas. When my son, the college student, asked for help with Excel, I said sure no problem. He needed help with Excel formulas. I immediately went on Amazon.com and bought Excel 2007 for Dummies. On his first test (after reading and studying the book), he got an 87%! Need I say more..